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Trump TV Ad Falsely Claims Harris Has ‘Unleashed’ IRS on Tipped Workers

Trump TV Ad Falsely Claims Harris Has ‘Unleashed’ IRS on Tipped Workers

The Internal Revenue Service did not implement a new voluntary program that certain employers could have used to report tips earned by their workers. But the proposal is partly the basis for a Trump campaign TV ad that falsely claims Vice President Kamala Harris “weaponized” and “literally unleashed” the IRS on tipped workers.

Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a ‘Lie’

Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a ‘Lie’

Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. But former President Donald Trump called this year’s revision a “total lie,” baselessly claiming that “the Harris/Biden administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating job statistics.”

Preserve America PAC

A Republican super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump.

Trump’s False Claim That Harris Met with Putin

Trump’s False Claim That Harris Met with Putin

In February 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris attended an annual security conference in Germany to talk with European leaders about Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other world topics. She didn’t go to Russia, and there is no evidence she met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, contrary to an unsupported claim made by former President Donald Trump.

Trump Revives — and Further Decreases — His Absurdly Low Estimate of Sea Level Rise

Trump Revives — and Further Decreases — His Absurdly Low Estimate of Sea Level Rise

On the campaign trail this summer, former President Donald Trump has routinely cast doubt on climate change by falsely claiming that the oceans will rise just “one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years.” He’s previously used the same measurement over a period of 250 years. In fact, the current rate of sea level rise is already a little more than one-eighth of an inch each year.

Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Activities Are Not Evidence of a Conspiracy

Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Activities Are Not Evidence of a Conspiracy

The circulation of H5N1 bird flu in animals and limited infections in humans have motivated flu preparedness activities, such as stockpiling vaccines. Social media posts have baselessly implied that these efforts are evidence that a new laboratory-derived version of the virus is going to cause a pandemic — or even that there is a conspiracy to release bird flu from a lab.

Third Night of the Democratic Convention

Third Night of the Democratic Convention

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s vice presidential nomination, and repeated claims he has made before about the Republican ticket. Other speakers tried to link former President Donald Trump to Project 2025, among other claims.

SAG PAC Inc.

SAG PAC Inc. is a super PAC with Republican connections that promotes independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy’s “progressive” record.